apache / apache/datafusion

Spacial Data: S2 cell ID

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Description

### Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge?

Within InfluxDB a community user is trying to derive a S2 cell ID within a new column based on the lon and lat. Currently, data fusion does not support specific geo-based functions within SQL

### Describe the solution you'd like

Would it be possible to expand the scope of data fusion to include domain-specific logic like this? Simular functions currently exist in clickhouse: https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/sql-reference/functions/geo/s2

& big query:
https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/geospatial-data

### Describe alternatives you've considered

We could potentially look to include this within the influxdb code base but I thought this might benefit from a wider discussion based upon https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion/issues/7859

### Additional context

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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by reviewing DataFusion's SQL function and geospatial support boundaries, then define the supported S2 behavior and validation needed before implementation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust, sql
Domain
databases
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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